Pulling points from a Pipe Network

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to pull points from a pipe network in Civil 3D. Today my PE's will create a feature line/polyline with the same elevations as the pipe network they designed.  Then using Point functionality from the menu pull points using On Line/Curve option.  Is this possible directly from the pipe network?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations, suggestions. 

[Mike.M.Carlson · Accepted solution]

Hi friend-

You can create a Pipe Network Table that has columns specified for Invert IN, Invert Out (Northing, Easting), and Invert Elevations.  Then you can download this free app on Autodesk App Store that can export the Civil 3D table to Excel.  

Here is the link to the App:

https://apps.autodesk.com/CIV3D/en/Detail/Index?id=7594632698699596084&appLang=en&os=Win64

Here is a screen capture of a table I created from the Pipe Network...It is Dynamic:

I have attached a table style for your use called, "PIPES".  I hope this helps.

Mike

[MikeEvansUK · Accepted solution]

Mike is correct, this is the approach other than vb.net I would use however please note once in excel you can adjust the details such that you get a PipeNo, E,N,Z,Desc format and re-import back in as points giving you the information in point data.

You will however need to create a Pipe Table then explode to text and line then use a lsp function to either create an AutoCAD table or export directly to excel.

In the past I have adjusted the table and added a comma at the end of all entries, exploded and used text2mtext to create a single line entry for each line, explode and create a complete mtext entry before copying & pasting into a text file to import to excel. A long process. ConvertOldTable.lsp is a quicker one but I'm not sure where to get it from.

Another option is to use the pipe reporting tools if they export the details directly to excel then adjust from there.

Beware; the points for DSEndpoint & USStartpoint will overlap and may be differing levels.

M

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